All that work to make a fire only to kick it out. With ammo prices they way they are, he should have invested in a backup disposable lighter. I hope he saved that brass. It still has a useful primer in it.

Best tinder I’ve found is the natural fiber baler twine. Cut a 4″ piece, pull it apart, and form a loose ball. Touch a match- even a paper one- and you’ve got a good strong flame. I wouldn’t waste a cartridge as in the video.

The choice of that telescopic sight does surprise me.
After seeing a few TV segments about the companies hired to provide arms for movies and TV, they serve as technical advisors as well as prop providers.
They DO respond to the desires of the director’s vision, but it would seem to me that if the director wanted a big scope on the rifle, the armorers would have equipped Gossling’s gun with some big beer can-sized red dot site.
That would not only look nasty, it would be more technically accurate.